India cricket news

Cricket Image for MS Dhoni To Join India Team As Mentor For T20 World Cup

Image Source: Google

MS Dhoni joins India team as mentor for T20 WC, R Ashwin returns to squad

By IANS News September 08, 2021 • 22:52 PM View: 4210

Former India skipper M.S. Dhoni, who led India to three International Cricket Council (ICC) titles, will join the national team as mentor for the T20 World Cup to be held in United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Oman in October-November.

He will work closely with India team head coach Ravi Shastri during the competition, said Indian cricket board secretary Jay Shah during the announcement of the India squad in a press conference. Off-spinner R Ashwin makes a return to India team in white-ball cricket after four years. The main squad comprises 15 members while there are three standbyes.

Related Cricket News on India cricket news

News
Shikhar Dhawan Separates With Wife Aesha

Indian cricketer Shikhar Dhawan and his wife Aesha Mukerji have separated after eight years of marriage, according to an Instagram post made by Dhawan's wife. They have a son named ...

By IANS News

2 years ago

Share
IND vs ENG
ENG vs IND: Ravi Shastri, Virat Kohli Won't Be Questioned Over Leaving Team Says BCCI

The Indian cricket team's head coach Ravi Shastri and skipper Virat Kohli are unlikely to be questioned over their attending functions after the former, along with bowling coach Bharat Arun ...

By IANS News

2 years ago

Share
IND vs ENG
ENG vs IND: Looking Back At India's Test Wins In England

India's victory at The Oval on Monday was only their ninth Test win in England. This is also only the second occasion in their cricketing history that India have won ...

By IANS News

2 years ago

Share
IND vs ENG
Jasprit Bumrah Betters Kapil Dev's Mark, Experts Say The Two Can't Be Compared

Jasprit Bumrah, who became the quickest among Indian pacers to get to 100 wickets, is in many ways different from Kapil Dev whose record he bettered in the just-concluded fourth ...

By IANS News

2 years ago

Share
IND vs ENG
ENG vs IND, 4th Test: PM Modi, Ganguly, Tendulkar Take To Twitter To Hail Team India

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and former India stars took to Twitter on Monday night to congratulate and praise the Virat Kohli-led Indian cricket team for beating England by 157 runs ...

By IANS News

2 years ago

Share
IND vs ENG
ENG vs IND: Jasprit Bumrah's World-Class Spell Of Reverse Swing Was The Turning Point Says Joe Root

England captain Joe Root lauded the ability of pace bowler Jasprit Bumrah saying that his spell of reverse swing with the ball that was 60-odd over old turned the match ...

By IANS News

2 years ago

Share
IND vs ENG
ENG vs IND,Jasprit Bumrah Sensed Reverse Swing And Said Give Me That Ball: Virat Kohli

India skipper Virat Kohli termed Monday's performance that saw India register a sensational 157-run win in the fourth Test as one of the three best bowling performances he has witnessed. ...

By IANS News

2 years ago

Share
IND vs ENG
ENG vs IND: Victory At Oval Hands India Lead In World Test Championship

Subject to official confirmation from the International Cricket Council (ICC), the Indian cricket team will jump to the top of the all-important and prestigious 2021-23 World Test Championship (WTC) p ...

By IANS News

2 years ago

Share
IND vs ENG
ENG vs IND: Just A Matter Of Time He Breaks The Jinx, Says MSK Prasad On Kohli's Century…

Indian skipper Virat Kohli hasn't been at his usual best for quite some time. His last international ton came in November 2019 and, since then, the 32-year-old has had some ...

By IANS News

2 years ago

Share
IND vs ENG
ENG vs IND: Jasprit Bumrah Ninth Indian Pacer To Get 100 Test Wickets

Jasprit Bumrah on Monday became the 23rd Indian bowler and ninth pacer from the country to get to 100 wickets in Test matches. The right-arm pace bowler, who took two ...

By IANS News

2 years ago

Share
IND vs ENG
ENG vs IND, Fourth Test: India Move Within 2 Wickets Of Historic Win At The Oval

India moved within two wickets of securing a victory, only their second ever at The Oval, through a sensational bowling performance in the second session of the fifth day's play ...

By IANS News

2 years ago

Share
IND vs ENG
ENG vs IND: Decision To Promote Ravindra Jadeja Ahead Of Ajinkya Rahane Surprises Experts

India's decision to promote Ravindra Jadeja ahead of Ajinkya Rahane did not completely pay off. The decision has left former India cricketers surprised. "In the first innings when he came ...

By IANS News

2 years ago

Share
News
Mohammed Shami Brutally Trolls Rishabh Pant, Calls Him 'Overweight'

India pacer Mohammed Shami, who turned 31 on Friday (September 3), trolled wicketkeeper-batsman Rishabh Pant for his cheeky birthday wish. Shami, who is in England for the five-Test series, celebrated ...

By IANS News

2 years ago

Share
IND vs ENG
Top Class, Series Defining Knock: Ex-Cricketers Laud Rohit Sharma's Ton

India opener Rohit Sharma on Saturday got acknowledgement for his first overseas century with former cricketers from India and England applauding his effort and even calling it a series-defining effor ...

By IANS News

2 years ago

Share